Word: sperms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Vladimir Nabokov, visiting lecturer on Slavic Languages and Literature, and Theodore Morrison, professor of English, both agreed that critics would not revert to a literal interpretation of the novel now that a French vessel has reported the capture of a real albino sperm whale...
...Daddy's 3,000 Years Old" After reading that human sperm might be deep-frozen and used for artificial insemination years after the father's death (TIME, Aug. 27), an indignant Englishwoman wrote to the New Statesman and Nation...
British scientists at last week's meeting also heard that a few of their colleagues had all but solved one of the biggest problems in artificial insemination: the preservation of sperm over long periods. Frozen in a solution of glycerin (which acts as a cushion, preventing ice crystals from destroying cell life), spermatozoa from rabbits and poultry have already been preserved for as long as 33 days. "We have ... to contemplate," said Dr. A. S. Parkes of London's National Institute for Medical Research, "the possibility of an animal begetting progeny long after its death . . . We have also...
...Larson is selling to industry at 52? until the Government's loss on the purchases is recovered, As head of DMPA, Larson will be responsible to Charlie Wilson for finding, buying and expediting the production of 93 critical materials ranging from aluminum and cobalt to mica and sperm...
...present nets are at most 15 ft. wide, but Dr. Hubbs plans to build one 50 ft. wide, and catch even bigger and faster deep-sea inhabitants. Such creatures are known to exist; sperm whales, for instance, live mainly on giant squid taken at great depths. There is a chance that the new net may catch such a squid...